If passed, the bill would outlaw sending girls overseas from the United States for FGM rituals, punishing violators with fines and up to five years in prison.

Women’s rights advocates are alarmed at an increasing number of female genital mutilation cases happening to women in Queens.

Some call it hygienic, others call it barbaric — but officials said a rising number of underage girls in New York, including Queens communities, are becoming victims of FGM, or what some call “female circumcision.”

“Wherever you have FGM-practicing immigrant populations, people from Somalia, Ethiopia, Eretria and West African countries like Senegal, the girls are at risk of being subjected to FGM,” said Lakshmi Anantnarayan, communications director for Equality Now, an international women’s rights organization. “If those populations exist in Queens, the risk of their daughters being brought home during summer vacations or having operations done at their homes is very high.”

The practice of FGM involves cutting off part or all of a girl’s external sex organs, including the clitoris and labia. In the most extreme cases, a girl’s vagina can be sewn shut through a process known as “infibulation,” according to the World Health Organization.

The practice is said to be common among some immigrants from certain regions in Africa and the Middle East, who subject their underage daughters to it to ensure they remain virgins until marriage, making them more desirable to potential husbands. Anantnarayan said in some cases FGM is used to deliberately destroy a woman’s ability to enjoy sex to discourage promiscuity.

Memo to Joe Crowley -- this horrible situation exist here because you encourage illegal immigration. Stop pandering to these criminals and enforce our immigration laws. Joe, vibrant and diverse brings a new set of problems to our country. You should be taking care of American problems.

Women’s rights advocates are alarmed at an increasing number of female genital mutilation cases happening to women in Queens.

I call "BS" on this one. Women's groups don't give one damn about what happens to their "Third World sisters". They will NEVER say anything about the "exotic practices" of the Vibrant! and Diverse! In the hierarchy of political correctness, women's rights always get thrown under the bus when it involves non-white cultures.

Does anyone remember any women's groups that raised a stink about O.J. Simpson? All I remember were the sounds of crickets chirping!

If you think FGM is bad, just wait until the "honor" killings kick into high gear!

"All forms of genital mutilation are barbaric and have nothing to do with hygene, including those rituals performed by Mohels."

Male circumcision is a medical procedure often performed in hospitals, and there are plenty of studies showing that male circumcision is beneficial from a medical point of view.

As for mohels, a (good) mohel actually performs a far more humane procedure than what is done in the hospital since hospitals use clamps and full-body restraints on the baby for a good 10-15 minutes, whereas any mohel's procedure is done in a matter of seconds and without needing to restrain the baby in that cruel manner.

why do we keep letting in muslims to comit these heinous acts? And yes, women's rights groups don't care and they don't care about victims of "regular" domestic violence either. Everyone knows that womens' rights groups are just a front for gay rights and communism.

Klink Canoli is correct - Islam culture of this...so why do we keep letting them in - oh, right, diversity, yeah, i am so thrilled, my life is so much better because of all this diversit

"As for mohels, a (good) mohel actually performs a far more humane procedure than what is done in the hospital since hospitals use clamps and full-body restraints on the baby for a good 10-15 minutes, whereas any mohel's procedure is done in a matter of seconds and without needing to restrain the baby in that cruel manner."

why do we keep letting in muslims to comit these heinous acts? And yes, women's rights groups don't care and they don't care about victims of "regular" domestic violence either. Everyone knows that womens' rights groups are just a front for gay rights and communism.

Wow! Nut job alert who forgot his meds.Womens rights groups are a front for the evil gay rights you say? Where did you hear that drivel. El Rushbo family values hypocrite who just got married again for the fourth time, had his illegal immigrant maid run to get pills for him, and Rush was a regular flyer to Puerto Rico for Prostitutes.

Now back to the topic.The mutilation the Somali and Senagalise girls have forced on them is horrendous which has been a major concern for womans rights groups in the U.S. and Europe.The women are never the same after wards with continuing medical problems usually.

Cathy said...To refute the erroneous information here: 1. this practice is older than Islam. 2. re feminists not caring about this issue, I first read about it in Ms magazine OVER 30 YEARS AGO.=============================

Nothing erroneous about my statement, Cathy. Any casual perusal of Sharia law, The Koran and the Hadiths will instantly impart how women are viewed and treated under the yoke of Islam. Female circumcision is just one practice perpetuated by this barbaric culture.

As we see with all Religions, a collection, rejection, and transformation of ancient customs persists and is part of its growth. In this case, Islam is the only Religion among men that has yet acquiesced to modernity.

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